Carrying attachment for bicycles.



Patented May 29,1900.

H. L. HAFF.

CARRYING ATTACHMENT FUR BIGYCLES.

(Application filed 0c! 19, 1899.)

3 Sheets-Sheet I.

(No Model.)

.No. 650,460. Patented May 29, I900. H. L. HAFF.-

CARRYING ATTACHMENT FOR BIGYGLES (Application filed. Oct. 19, 1899.)

(No Model.) 3 SheetsSheet 2,

m @W Wk Patented May 29, I900.

H. L. HAFF.

CARRYING ATTACHMENT FOB BICYCLES.

(Application filed Oct. 19, 1899.)

3 Sheets-Sheet 3.

(No Model.)

%@wvyf UNITED a STA E PAI L Q FI Q I'IENRY L. HAFF, OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.

CARRYING ATTACHMENT FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ZPatent No. 650,460, alter my 29,1900.

Application filed October 19,1899. Serial No. 734,076. (No model.)

To all whom; it mayconeern: I

Be it known that I, HENRY L. HAFF, aciti Zen of the'United States;residing at Chicago, county of Cook,State of Illinois,have inventedacertain new and usefulImprovementin Oarrying Attachments for Bicycles,of which the following is a specification.

- The objects of myinvention are to provide a simple and inexpensivedevice which can be readily attached to an ordinary bicycle and uponwhich may be carried either children or packages, to provide a carryingattachment which will not render the riding of the bicycle diflicult, toprovide a carrying attach ment having a wheel which will sustain theweight of the child or package and which will travel smoothly at theside of the bicycle, to provide a wheeled carrying attachment which willnot tend to strain the frame or other parts of the bicycle, and toprovide certain details and features of improvement tending to render adevice of this character serviceable and thoroughly reliable.

To the attainment of the foregoing and other useful ends my inventionconsists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bicycleprovided with a wheeled carrying attachment constructed in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the bicycle and carryingattachment shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view illustrating asimple and effective arrangement for securing the carrying attachment tothe frame of a bicycle. Figs. 4.- and5 are respectively a plan and aside elevation of the rear portion of a bicycle with my inventionattached and illustrating how the latter may be provided with a seat inlieu of the box shown in preceding views. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation ofthe bicycle and attachment shown in Fig. 1. My invention is adapted moreparticularly for use in connection with bicycles of the safety pattern.It will be readily understood, however, that I do not limit myself toany particular form of velocipede and that I desire to cover myinvention as a matter of improvement in velocipede construction and alsoas an attachment for the latter. In Fig. 1 the bicycle is of theordinary pattern and is provided with the usual wheels A and B and theframe 0, together with the chain,

sprockets, and pedals essential to a wheel of this character. Thewheeled carrying attachment D comprises a relatively-small wheel cl, aframe 01'', and in this instance a box or receptacle d for carryingparcels or bundles. The frame at, which supports the box d is in turnsupported by the wheel 65, and the latter is arranged to travel at theside of the wheel A. Preferably the rear of the small wheel dis on aline with the rear 'of the wheel A, or approximately so, and thissupplemental .wheel can of course be provided with a pneumatic tire andsuitable ball-bearings. Thus constructed the wheeled carrier ispreferably secured to the frame of the bicycle, and this connection canbe effected in any suitable manneras, for instance, by connecting theframe d with the frame A by means of a couple of arms d and d The arm dit will be observed, is L=shaped in form and has one end secured to therear end of the frame d and its other end secured to a bracket E on thefarther side of the machine. A second bracket F is secured to theadjacent side of the bicycle-frame, and the arm d has one end secured tothis bracket and its opposite end secured to the front end of the frameat. These brackets E and F are secured to the rear portion of thebicycle-frame in the manner illustrated in Fig. 5 and afford a simpleand effective means for connecting the wheeled carrier with the frame ofthe bicycle. Each arm is preferably connected with its bracket by meansof a bolt or pivot, and with this arrangement the wheeled carryingattachment will have a pivotal or swinging connection with the bicycle,the axis about which the attachment swings being horizontal andtransverse to the length of the bicycle-frame. In this way the carrierwill be free to rise and fall independently of the bicycle, anobstruction or rut in the path of the carrier having no other effectthan to cause it to swing up or down. This method of connecting thewheeled carrier with the bicycle tends to'ease the running of the latterand. to relieve it of all lateral strain. The bundles or packages to becarried can be placed within the box or receptacle (1 and their weightwill be sustained entirely by the wheel d.

The box or receptacle d can be made removable, if so desired, and a seator chair can be secured to the frame in its place. In Figs. 4 and 5 thecarrier is provided with a chair G. l The latter is adaptedto afiord acomfortable seat for a child and is provided with a foot-rest g. It willbe seen, therefore, that I provide an exceedingly simple and inexpensivecarrying attachment for bicycles or other velocipedes, that the same canbe readily attached to a bicycle, that the method of attachment is suchthat the velocipede-frame will not be subjected to severe strain, andalso that the device is, capable of carrying either children or parcels.

What I claim as myinvention is-- 1. A carrying attachment for bicyclesconsisting of a relatively-small wheel arrangedto travel at one side ofthe rear bicycle-wheel, a frame which is carried by said relativelysmallwheel and upon which is mounted a suitable carrying device, the saidattachment having a swinging connection with said bicycle, whereby thesaid attachment is free to swing up and down independently of thebicycle and about a horizontal and transverse axis which is located at apoint adjacent to the axis of the rear bicycle-wheel, substantially asdescribed.

2. In combination with a safety-bicycle, a carrying attachment thereforcomprising a wheel arranged to travel at one side of the rear wheel ofsaid bicycle, a forwardly and rearwardly extending frame which iscarried by and supported by the said supplemental wheel, a carryingdevice mounted upon the said frame, an arm which connects the forwardend of said frame with the near side of the bicycle-frame, and a secondarm which extends around and connects the rear end of said frame withthe far side of the said bicycle-frame, substantially as described.

, 3. A Wheeled carrying attachment for bicycles of the safety patterncomprising a relatively-small wheel which is arranged to travel at oneside of the rear bicycle-wheel, a horizontally-disposed frame which issupported upon the axle of said supplemental wheel, a

carrying device mounted upon said frame at a point directly above theaxis of said supplemental wheel, an arm which connects the forward endof said frame with a removable brac'keton the near side of thebicycle-frame, and a second arm which extends around and connects saidframe with a bracket on the far side of said bicycle-frame.

4. A velocipede comprisinga front steeringwheel, a rear driving-wheel, aframe connecting the two wheels, a supplemental wheel arranged to travelat one side of the said driving-wheel, a suitable frame which is mountedupon and carried by the said supplemental wheel, a carrying devicemounted upon said frame, an arm which connects the forward end of saidframe with the near side of the bicycle-frame, anda second arm whichextends around and connects the rear end of said'frame with the far sideof said bicycleframe, both arms being connected with the bicycle-framein such manner that the supplemental wheel swings about a horizontal andtransverse axis.

5. A wheeled carrying attachment for bicycles, comprising a wheel, aframe, a box or seat or the like mounted upon the latter, and armssecured to said frame and having pivotal or swinging connections withthe bicycle, the connections being such that the carrier is free toswing about a horizontal and transverse axis, and the said wheeloccupying a position at the sideof the rear bicyclewheel. v

6. A velocipede comprising a front steeringwheel, a frame, a reardriving-wheel, a supplemental wheel arranged alongside the saiddriving-wheel and having a pivotal or swinging connection with the framewhich permits it to swing abouta horizontal and transverse axis, and acarrying device mounted upon said supplemental wheel.

HENRY L. IIAFF. \Vi tnesses:

ARTHUR F. DURAND, AGNES A. DEVINE.

